Thiago Oseas, Pernambuco player murdered in March 2024 after making an alleged factional gesture in a photo in Acre Reproduction Two years after the murder of Pernambuco player Thiago Oseas Tavares da Silva, aged 18, in March 2024, the Acre Court decided to bring two more people involved in the young man's death to a popular jury. Francivaldo Barrozo de Chaves and Pablo Rodrigo Farias de Sousa were pronounced by the 1st Jury Court of the District of Rio Branco. The court also decided to maintain the preventive detention of the accused. g1 contacted Francivaldo's defense and, until the last update of this report, had not received a response. Pablo is represented by the State Public Defender's Office (DPE-AC), which does not usually comment on cases. ? Join the g1 AC channel on WhatsApp The decision highlights that, according to the complaint from the Public Ministry (MP-AC), Thiago was killed after armed men invaded a party in the Santa Inês neighborhood, removed some people from the residence and analyzed the victims' cell phones in search of signs of a connection with a rival faction. Pernambuco player murdered in Acre was going to compete in the under-20 championship In the photo that was the trigger for the case (see at the beginning of the report), the boy appears next to a swimming pool and making the 'love and peace' symbol, which is also associated with the Comando Vermelho faction. According to the investigation, when they found a photo in which the athlete made a gesture with his hands that the accused interpreted as a symbol of a rival faction, he was executed. READ MORE: Justice maintains conviction of those accused of killing an athlete after an alleged faction gesture in a photo in Acre Trio accused of killing an 18-year-old player using a photo with an alleged faction gesture goes to the popular jury in AC 'The record hasn't sunk in yet', says mother of a football player killed in Acre after a photo with a gesture associated with the faction Coach of a player who was murdered in AC praises the athlete and says the family is in shock According to the decision, signed by judge Alexandre Costa de Farias, reports from the victims who survived were consistent with the point out this dynamic. The judge understood that there is materiality of the crime and sufficient evidence of authorship for the accused to be tried. The prosecution maintains that Francivaldo, identified as leader of the criminal organization, authorized the execution. The judge also mentions that images of Thiago would have been sent to the criminal's cell phone before the murder. "The investigation reports [...] record that, before the execution of the homicide, Francivaldo received photographs of the victim Thiago and images containing the manual gesture later interpreted by the executioners as indicative of links to the Comando Vermelho", details the text. In relation to Pablo, the decision points to evidence of direct participation in the crime by breaking into the residence, capturing the victims and taking them to a vacant lot. "Circumstances sufficiently demonstrated by the testimonies of the surviving victims and by other evidence contained in the file", highlights the decision. In the decision, the judge considered that there are elements that indicate that the victim was killed exclusively due to the alleged association with a rival faction, a circumstance that characterizes the qualification of a bad motive. The decision also maintained the appeal qualification that made it difficult for the victim to defend himself. Furthermore, the text highlights that Thiago was already subdued when he was hit by the shots. Thiago Oseas Tavares da Silva and his mother Rosa Maria Vilas Boas da Silva, young man was killed in Acre Personal archive Accused convicted In August last year, the Criminal Chamber of the Court of Justice of Acre (TJ-AC) unanimously decided to uphold the convictions of Andrey Borges Melo, Darcifran de Moraes Eduíno Júnior and Kauã Cristyan Almeida Nascimento, accused of murdering Thiago Oseas. In total, they were sentenced to almost 80 years in prison in addition to sentences for qualified homicide with ill motive through ambush, corruption of minors, illegal embarrassment and participation in a criminal organization, in a popular jury in April 2025. The defense requested a reduction in sentences, alleging error in dosimetry, double punishment for the use of firearms and incorrect application of the aggravating factor of leadership. The accused are being held in the Rio Branco Prison Complex for the death of Thiago Oseas Tavares da Silva Reproduction The rapporteur, judge Samoel Evangelista, rejected the arguments. He highlighted that the consequences were even more serious because the victim was a young man with no criminal record. The aggravating factor of leadership was maintained in relation to Andrey Borges Melo, appointed as commander of the action and direct executor of the homicide. In the sentence of the 1st Jury Court, the defendants received: Andrey Borges Melo: 24 years and 8 months in prison, plus 150 fine days and 1 year and 3 months in prison; Darcifran de Moraes Eduíno Júnior: 32 years and 10 months in prison, in addition to a 180-day fine and 1 year and 10 months in prison; Kauã Cristyan Almeida Nascimento: 21 years and 8 months in prison, in addition to a 150-day fine and 1 year in prison. According to the complaint, on March 31, 2024, in Rio Branco, the three, accompanied by teenagers, executed the young athlete Thiago Oséas Tavares Lima, aged 18, unfairly suspected of being linked to a rival group. The body was taken to Recife, in Pernambuco, where the player lived. Thiago Oseas was at a birthday party when the place was invaded by a criminal group, his cell phone was searched, he was taken to another street and shot. He died at the scene. The player was available to the Santa Cruz-AC base and had arrived in Acre two weeks before the crime to compete in the Acreano Under-20 Championship. He lived together with other players in accommodation in the capital. In a video published by ge AC, the coach said that the young man was exemplary and dreamed of becoming a professional football player. Review Acre’s news programs